List of Las Vegas Raiders first-round draft picks


The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football team based in Paradise, Nevada. They are a member of the American Football Conference West Division. The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League, which merged with the National Football League in 1970. In 1982, the team relocated to Los Angeles, where they remained until the franchise returned to Oakland in 1995, where they remained until 2019 when they once again relocated to the Las Vegas area. The franchise has selected 53 players in the first round, two of these being the first overall pick.
The NFL Draft, which is officially known as the "Player Selection Meeting", is held each April. The draft is used as the primary means to distribute newly available talent equitably amongst the teams. Selections are made in reverse order based on the previous season's record, i.e., the club with the worst record from the previous season selects first. Through 2009, only two exceptions were made to this order: the Super Bowl champion always selects last, and the Super Bowl loser second to last. Beginning in 2010, teams making the playoffs have been seeded in reverse order depending upon how far they advance. The draft consists of seven rounds. Teams have the option of trading selections for players, cash and/or other selections. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.
The Raiders have selected first twice. They have also selected the second overall pick twice. The University of Southern California has the most players chosen by the Raiders from one university, with four selections.

Key

Player selections

YearPickPlayer namePositionCollege
1960N/ADBWisconsin
19614DTIllinois
19621*QBNC State
1963 No pick
19647RBArizona State
19653TMemphis
1966 No pick
196717^GTexas A&M-Kingsville
196825WRTennessee State
196922DTSyracuse
197024TEMorgan State
197119DBOhio State
197221WRVillanova
197323^PSouthern Mississippi
197419TFlorida A&M
197524DBOhio State
1976 No pick
1977 No pick
1978 No pick
1979 No pick
198015QBBYU
198121DBTexas Tech
198123GWashington
198210^RBUSC
198326CUSC
1984 No pick
198523WRFlorida State
198624DEPittsburgh
198715TMissouri
19886^WRNotre Dame
19889DBTennessee
198825DTIllinois
1989 No pick
199011DEArizona
199124QBUSC
199216DTClemson
199312DBTexas A&M
199422LBMichigan State
199518RBWashington
19969TEOhio State
19972DTUSC
19984DBMichigan
199823GFlorida
199918GGeorgia
200017PKFlorida State
200128DBFlorida State
200217DBMiami
200223LBNorthwestern
200331DBCalifornia
200332DEColorado
20042TIowa
200523DBNebraska
20067DBTexas
20071*QBLSU
20084RBArkansas
20097WRMaryland
20108LBAlabama
2011 No pick
2012 No pick
201312DBHouston
20145LBBuffalo
20154WRAlabama
201614SWest Virginia
201724CBOhio State
201815TUCLA
20194Clelin FerrellDEClemson
201924Josh JacobsRBAlabama
201927Johnathan AbramSMississippi State
202012WRAlabama
202019Damon ArnetteCBOhio State

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